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TRANSATLANTIC AFFAIRS.

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TRANSATLANTIC AFFAIRS. INEW YORK; Jan. 24. Yesterday the amnesty discussion was resumed by the Senate, and an exciting dispute took place between Mr. Morton and Mr. Blair. The dispute, however, was rather personal than political, and it is hoped a vote will be reached to-morrow. A Constitutional question has been raised at Washington during the discussion of the Appor- tionment Bill by the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is whether the number of Presidential electors to be chosen next Fall shall ba determined by the old apportionment or the new. In preceding elections, after the decennial taking of the census, the number of electors has been determined by the new appointment. The Constitution provides that "each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress." As the Congress will not meet until after the Presidential election, it is possible a new plan may be tried. Senator Wilson's friends say he is now in the field for a nomination for the Vice-Presidency by the National Republican Convention. The claims of President Grant tore-election are being very actively canvassed by the New York press. The Herald a day or two since, in an editorial on the latest news from Paris, compares Grant to Thiers. The retirement of the latter from public affairs at this juncture would, in the opinion of the Herald, be as disastrous for the United States as the with- drawal of Thiers would be for France. Nothing but poli- tical chaos would fellow his sudden retirement, and the disintegration of the Radical party would commence on the morrow of his leaving office. The news from Mexico is still very stormy, and the condition of the Republic attracts more and more atten- tion. "Fighting still continues" is the conclusion of almost every despatch. The Revolutionists under General Quiroga have attacked the forces of Cortina at Camargo, and invaded the state of Tamanlifas with the object of capturing all the towns on the frontier. Matamoros is expected shortly to fall into their hands. Some allowance may probably be made for the sensational character of the news, but there is no doubt that the whole country is terribly disorganized, and in spite of its immense natural wealth it is tending to absolute ruin. Under these circumstances the demand for an annexation of the whole province to the United States grows louder and more distinct in New York. The great Wharton trial is not yet decided, but the end is not far off. For seven weeks the case has occupied the attention of the Court and exited great interest. Dis- patches from Annapolis, up to midnight yesterday, declare the jury to be considering their verdict. Eight were said to be for an acquittal and four for a conviction. Judge Miller delivered a brief charge, which fully entered into the requirements of the case. He said, "Gentlemen of the jury: your verdict will be either 'guilty' or not guilty' of murder in the first degree." Few trials havc excite, 1 greater interest than this Wharton affair, and the decision of the jury will be eagerly looked for. At Annapolis the anxiety manifested was extreme. Long after it became apparent that the jury was divided in sentiment stragglers were seen in and about the Court House, lnaving the storm which raged overhead, and giving credence to all wild and improbable rumours as to how they stood. This is said to be the severest winter ever known on the plains. Reports from Cheyenne speak of trams stopped and railroad communication being cut otf. One train was snowed in several days, and several other trains are waiting for the road to be cleared. Travel i.i stopped east, west, and south. A severe snow-storm and hurricane camefromthenorth-east, and swept east and west of the Rocky Mountain Range. The Trenton Bank has sustained a heavy robbery. On the 21st of January it was entered by five burglars, who gagged the watchmcn.

THE AMERICAN SEARCH FOR LIVINGSTONE.

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THE AMERICAN SEARCH FOR LIVINGSTONE. The New Yurie Herald of the 19th inst., gives the following telegraphic information respecting the movements of the expedition which it despatched some months ago in search of Dr. Livingstone:—"Having again left Cairo with full supplies, the expedition reached Karasko on the IGth of January. Here a halt was necessarily made, in order to prepare for the passage of the desert- a tedious and perilous journey that will take eight days, even if everything should go well. This is the very lowest estimate of the time that will be occu- pied in crossing an unbroken waste of arid sand, destitute of water awl unrelieved hy a single oasis. So long, how- ever, as the Herald commissioner has only to straggle against these inanimate difficulties little need be feared. It will be the after journey among barbarous, treacherous, awl inhospitable peoples during which the graver perils of the undertaking will have to be encountered. It had been arranged to strike the desert at Moorabus Hammed, and then take a straight course for the fifth cataract. Already the commander of the expedition had busied him- self actively in providing for the transportation of himself and his necessarily extensive baggage. Four fast riding dromedaries and fifty draught camels were to be bought, and in the course of a week or so this would doubtless be accomplished, though the task of assembling them together and completing the bargains with the natives is slow busi- ness. At Karasko the expedition has been met with news of good omen. Though no authentic basis could be'found for the tidings, rumours bad arrived at that point to the effect that Sir Samuel Baker was well in health, though his expedition had suffered greatly, both in numbers and discipline. This report is, perhaps, as unreliable as otheré,"loolllier jews recently received, that he had either been killed or dangerously wounded in a mutiny among his forces. Shadowy as may be its foundation, however, it served to kindle into a brighter flame the enthusiastic hopes, and strengthen into added resolution, the deter- mined energy of the expedition. This report, how- ever, has somewhat of an authentic appearance, from its having assumed an air of geographical consistency. It places Sir Samuel Baker again, or perhaps one might say still, at Khartoum. This, after all, would square very well with the othcr r111110Ur, That would certainly he the point for which Sir Samuel would make if his undertaking had become involved in serious difficulties. The Herald expedition has been afforded every assistance by the Vice- roy and his Ministers, and the thanks of the civilised world are due to them for the cheerful and enlighted man- ner in which they have thus seconded the undertaking. Livingstone and Baker will doubtless both be found; at least, the prospects of such a happy consummation of the expeditions may now be confidently expected. Some danger is already threatened between the fifth cataract and Khartoum by the jealous hostility of the slave traders and ivory dealers. The traffickers in human flesh and blood have a wholesome dislike to these compara- tively unknown nations being brought prominently before the notice of the world they judge correctly that the less known about them by the freedom-loving peoples of Christendom the better. The English railway surveyors in the Soudan, it is also reported, have also nearly brought to a successful termination their special exploring expedition." j

INDIAN INTELLIGENCE."

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INDIAN INTELLIGENCE. The Indian papers of the 15th of January contain the following items of news — The King of Siam landed at Calcutta on Saturday, the 13th instant, and was escorted in state to Government House, where his Excellency the Viceroy welcomed him to India. Fever has broken out with great virulence in the Burdwan, Hoogly, and Nuddea districts. The drainage of swamps and decayed channels is urged as the only remedy, coupled, perhaps, with the draining away of zem- inlla rs also. All that is known of Sir Richard Temple's plans for next biul et day is that the Income-tax will remain. No great opposition would be offered if the minimum (f75 a year) were raised. The cash balances are still nearly at seventeen millions sterling. The Hindoos of Calcutta have been convened to offer prayers of thanksgiving for the recovery of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The ('amp of Exercise at Delhi produces such abun- dant fruit that a similar gathering is regarded as a. cer- tainty next year. To secure the peace of the northern and north-western skirts of the Punjaub, the Government of India, has decided, among other stringent measures, that no building shall be erected within five miles of the British frontier, without sanction. Great satisfaction is felt among the non-official classes throughout India at the announcement made by Mr. Gladstone that it is intended to add to the Indian Council a mercantile member. Mr. Graves, of Liverpool, is ex- pected to lie nominated. The distress at Berhampore, in the Ganjam district, is described as intense. Two hundred and fifty-six people have already left Berhampore, and, according to the latest reports, about 3,000 and odd are preparing to start. Extensive Crlal helds are said to have been discovered in the Nizam's dominions. The French have abandoned Shaik Saeed as a settlement in the Red Sea. We are sorrv to learn of the death, at Ferozepore, of Colonel Griffith, R.A. The news has been received from Fiji of the'murders on board the cutter Mcvaof five^Europeans—Messrs. War- burton, Kingston, Robson, Whittaker, and Owen. The crew are all Fijians.

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The Manx Legislature has passed an Education Bill, with a conscience clause and a timetable arrange- ment providing for children being withdrawn from religious instriction and Bible reading, and taughtsecular knowledge, whilst ethers are studying sacred literature. Pensions for old schoolmasters are provided. The bill is to come into operation April 1st, and, to provide for education this year, £ 2,300 has been voted from the Manx customs revenue. The Baroness Burdett Contts has made a second donation of t.,1) to the Livingstone Search Expedition Fund. Mr. Henry Hoare, the banker, has given £100. THE LONDON INSTITUTION".—At a meeting of this institution, a paper was read by Mr. llyde Clark, D.C.L., on "The Necessity for a Minister of Commerce." Dr. Clark urged, in support "f his argument, that Eng- land, as compared with foreign countries, was1 in a. very unfavourable condition as regarded the protection of her trade interests. The commercial portion of tht com- munity in other countries could avail themselves of the advice and assistance of a special representative in the Government, while our trading cOlrmnmity was without such a representative. The Board of Trade was entirely inadequate to supply the deficiency, and the only reme'y yaild be the appaintwut of a Minister of Coruwrce,

] SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

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] SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. j THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. The Times observes that the possible miscarriage of the Alabama Arbitration overshadowed all other topics in both Houses of Parliament on the opening night. Compared with it the rest was but "leather and prunella." Lord Derby frankly avowed as much in the House of Lords when he devoted the greater part of his speech to a most careful examination of the embarrassing misunder- standing which has arisen between us and the United States; and Lord Granville's guarded language shewed that he felt everything to be insignificant by the side oi the Alabama complication. Nothing else could be inferred from the course of the discussion in the House of Commons. We find the leader of the Opposition sinking party differences while discussing the meaning of the Treaty of Washington, and Mr. Gladstone defending, in opposition to the American Case, the construction we ourselves have uniformly put on that Convention. Lord Derby very justly said that in taking their stand upon the Washington Treaty as we have interpreted it, the Ministry would have all England at their back. There is, in fact, no difference of opinion on the point. For the first time for fifteen years, according to some—for the first time for this century, we would rather say — there is complete unanimity among all divi- sions of political opinion. There was a minority which stood by Napoleon in the Great War; there was a minority which denounced the Crimean Expedition; there was a minority which thought Lord Granville answered Prince Gortchakoff too stiffly last year but there is no minority to support the interpretation of the Treaty ol Washington embodied in the American case. What faint differences of opinion have appeared have referred to the way in which the American claims should be met, and upon this point a unanimous judgment has been arrived at after the slightest possible interval of hesitation. There were not two opinions expressed on Tuesday night on the subject. The tendency of opinion in Parliament was cer- tainly not to fall short of, though it may not have been to go beyond, the opinion of the country. The Standard observes that there have been many more sage, many more excited debates on the Address than those of Tuesday night, but none more worthy of an English Parliament or of England herself. Seldom have there been greater or more tempting opportunities offered for a sharp and taunting attack on the Govern- ment never had a Government less right to expect for- bearance at the hands of its opponents. But no such attack was made. Parliament met under the shadow of a grave anxiety, a national embarrassment, which, as Mr. Disraeli remarked, absorbed all attention, and which diverted men's thoughts from personal quarrels, party prejudices, and Ministerial shortcomings, and fixed them upon the one paramount issue of the day. Nothing could be more free from all savour of party tactics, from all attempt to make political capital out of a diplomatic fiasco, nothing more thoroughly loyal and patriotic, and at the same time more courteous and considerate towards the Americans, than the language of the leader of the Opposition. The spirit and tone of the Prime Minister's speech were equally creditable. It is on such occasions that the common English qualities and English principles c# our statesmen shew to the best advantage. Mr. I Gladstone took upon himself and his colleagues, with perfect frankness and dignity, the whole responsibility of every step in the late negotiation at Washington, and every line of the treaty, and completely exonerated the Commissioners from every shadow of liability. At the same time, he maintained most positively that the English interpretation of the treaty was the right one, and the only consistent and tenable one; that to hold us to have admitted the indirect claims as a part of the case upon which the arbitrators were to decide would be to impute to us something not far short of insanity; and that the terms of the treaty them- selves could only by straining be made to cover the American demands. In a word, the leaders of both parties combined to enable Parliament to accord a united support to the national policy, and to present a united front to the adversary. Counts which at another time would have given opportunity for a sharp attack were passed over with, at most, an incidental sarcasm, and while no word was uttered which could needlessly wound American susceptibilities, enough was said to make it perfectly plain that no future change of Ministry or cir- cumstance would ever afford them the slightest chance— we do not say of enforcing their "wild and preposterous" claims, but—of obtaining more favourable terms than are offered them by the Treaty of Washington, as inter- preted by her Majesty's present advisers. The Daily News considers that the country certainly has no reason to complain of the manner in which Mr. Glad- stone announced the position of the Government in regard to the Alabama Claims. No ambiguous voice was issued by him. Without one word or hint of harshness or irrita- tion against the United States, he vindicated the justice of England's case, and repudiated all possibility of our entertaining any claim for extravagant and limitless "con- sequential damages." His declaration was echoed by the universal acclamation of a crowded House, when he pro- claimed that England never could submit to pay a tribute such as conqueror never yet exacted from a crushed and helpless foe. The Washington Treaty and its contingencies swallowed up, of course, the best part of the debate. It would, indeed, be unreasonable not to notice the eloquent expressions of congratulation offered to Parliament and th<>country in both Houses on the recovery of the Prince of Wales. In Lords and Commons alike, however, the night might be said to have been devoted to the Alabama. The most emphatic exposition of the Conservative senti- ment in the Upper House was made by the Earl of Derby, who indeed spoke with more of the air and hear- ing of an Opposition leader than did the Duke of Rich mond. In both Houses alike the debate proved less rhetorical and elaborate than its opening portended. We know, however, what the Government proposes to do in regard to the Washington Treaty—a knowledge which is better worth having than the most exhaustive debate. The Session of 1872 could not open, says the Post; with- out some allusion to the anxiety in which the nation was held only a few weeks ago as to the responsibility which might devolve on Parliament in the event of a national calamity which at one time seemed inevitable, and with regard to which the whole country lived from hour to hour through many days in breathless suspense. From the leaders on both sides of the House such ^congratulations on the restoration of the Heir to the Throne from the peril^ in which he lately stood were uttered with an eloquence which met with a deep and heartfelt response. The Prime Minister said with truth that the illness of the Prince of Wales will be remembered in history as a great political event, not only as indicating the loyal attachment of the people to the Throne, but as shewing the veneration in which the English Monarchy is held beyond the limits even of its vast empire. The more immediate danger which attended the sickness of the Prince withdrew public attention from the sufferings of the Queen, but the country will learn from Mr. Gladstone's speech the critical condition of her Majesty's heajtli during the early portion of the recess. When the Queen and her subjects unite in thanksgiving, the country will not forget the suf- ferings which have afflicted a Sovereign who has throughout her reign entered so earnestly into every circumstance which might affect the welfare of her people. The Tehe/raph says that on Tuesday night both parties were fighting with buttoned foils, and both seemed much more anxious not to uncover themselves than eager to touch their opponents. The truth is that the unsettled state of the American controversy overrides all other con- siderations both in and out of Parliament. Till we know exactly how we stand with respect to the United States, party warfare is suspended; and, till the Ministry has explained its exact attitude with reference to this vital question, the Opposition are unwilling to take up any ground of their own. So for the moment there is a truce in the Parliamentary contest; but it would, we think, be a mistake to suppose that the amenities of Tuesday night and the interchange of courtesies between the leaders of the two rival factions, were the harbingers of a peaceful and uneventful session. The Advertiser believes that on questions of general policy and on some personal appointments, the conduct of the Ministry is certain to be severely criticised, and on any one of them a grave issue may be raised. Threats of dis- solution will not avail. Tricks of financial legerdemain will no longer beguile. Rhetorical platitudes and" goody" talk have lost their charm. Even the casting overboard of a political Jonah will not save the ship. The simple fact is that the country is tired of' and disgusted with the present Cabinet of Incapables. They have been tried too long, and they are found fatally lacking. A blunder or twof would have been overlooked. Even one or two serious disasters might have been condoned. But an unbroken round of muddle and confusion, of false economy and actual waste, of mismanagement and blun- dering, of losses and catastrophes, of complaisance to Republicans at home and cringing to foreign Governments have brought the Gladstone party into deserved contempt. Such a lack of ordinary administrative ability—to say no- thing of the higher degree of statesmanship—cannot longer be endured. We do not envy the feelings of certain right honourable gentlemen in looking forward to the actual commencement of a wordy warfare in the House of Commons but they have brought the strife upon them- selves by a want of common sense and of high patriotism, and they must not be surprised if hard measure is dealt out to them by the representatives of a much-enduring and indignant country. 1

NEW ZEALAND.

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NEW ZEALAND. A correspondent writing from Wellington, New Zea- land, to the Times, sends most cheering news of the condition of the colony. He says:—" Our relations with the natives continue to improve. The policy 6f concilia- tion has triumphed over the jealousy of races. Our fire-eating politicians no longer talk of 'conquering a per- manent peace.' The spade, the pickaxe, the telegraph Hire, and the stage coach are doing what legions of men, with 'arms of precision' and the latest improve- ments in the art of war, failed to do. Hundreds of natives are now working for Government wages who three years ago, were burning our villages and murdering our outsettlers almost without resistance. They are now helping us to make roads into their very fastnesses where, three years ago, ifovould have been death for the white man to set his foot. All this has been brought about by the exercise of a littW^ommon sense, patience and dis- cretion. All that was wanting was the restoration of confidence between the races. It has been restored, and there is no reason to believe it will be disturbed again."

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The directors of the Philharmonic Society have presented Madame Lemmens-Sherrington with the Bee- thoven gold medal. The Edinburgh Courant says the Admiralty has refused to Lieutenant Dawson, the leader of the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to search for Living- stone, and his companion, Lieutenant Henn, their full pay and time during the expedition. Lieutenant Daw- son was in active service at the time of volunteering, and in accepting the dangerous task of rescuing Dr. Living- stone he loses halt his professional income. The Delhi Camp is conspicuous for variety of uniform and splendour of decoration. The Maharajalis of Gwalior and Uizianagram, the Rajah of Bliurtpore, and other potentates who lately wished it, were covered with, gold lace and jewels; but incongruities cropped up here and there in the shape of coal-shovel helmets, yard- tong feathers, bell'd and painted iMpes* strangely ludicrous to an JJpgltfb

THE MERTHYR POST OFFICE I

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THE MERTHYR POST OFFICE I AKTIITAXS OF MAILS. The London, South aud Eiat of England, Scotland, Ireland, Bristol, Glo'ster, Newport Mon.), Cardiff, Pontypridd, South Wales, and Fereipn Parts 6.15 mora NORTH MAIL. From North of England, Scotland, Ireland, North Wales, Glo'ster, Bristol, West of England, Newport (Mon.), Pontypridd, CardilT, and South Wales 12.50 after. From Tredegar 10.30 morn. LOITDON DAT MAIL. From London, South and East of England, Ireland, Bris- tol, Glo'ster, Newport (Mon), PoEktyprield, Cardiff, South Wales, and Foreign Parts 4.16 after. DESPATCH OF MAILS. Box closes at To Tredegar, Rhymney, Drynmawr, and neighbour- hood 4.45 morn „ NORTH HAIL. /•i Eul?land, North Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Glos tcr, Bristol, Newport (Mon), Cardiff, West of England, and Pontypridd S. 10 after. T L6KD0IT AHD 6KNEBAL DAT MAIL. I'Ondon, Scotland, Ireland, North, East, and South ot England, Glo'ster, Bristol, Newport (Mon.),Cardiff, i OBtypndd, South Wales, and Foreign Parts 10.30 morn; All Letters are despatched in the evening, with the little exception of Tredegar. Letters are registered ap to 5 in the evening at a fee of 4d., and up to a. 30 at Sd. It is best to post early; the officials are more likely to despatch correctly; the work of two hours ought not to be crowded iato one hour. The Office for Money Order and Savings' Bank business iø open from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening, and till 8 on Saturdays DELIVERIES BY LETTER CAKHIBBS. There are three deliveries bj Letter Carriers, 1st, 7.0 a.m., 7.30 a.m., Winter); 2nd, 1. 30 p.m.; 3rd, 5.15 p.m. BTTKDAT ABBAKGEMEKTS. The Office is open from 7.0 a.m. (7.30 a.m. Winter) to 10.0 a.m. when it is closed finally. There is but one delivery by Letter Car- riers, which takes place at 7.0 a.m. (7.30 a.m. Winter). LOJTDON AND GENERAL NIGHT MAIL. To London, Scotland, Ireland, North, East, West and South of England, llristol, Glo'ster Newport (Mon.), Cardiil, Pontypridd, South Wales and Foreign Parts 6.30 after. THE PILLAR LETTER DOXES Are cleared daily at 3 and 4.40 p.m.—Tydfil's Well;3and4.50p.m. — GeorgcTown; 3 and 4.45 p.m.—High Street. On Sunday, one Clearing, at 2.15 p.m. The London and Gen. Day Mail dexpittehedat. 10.40 morn. Ditto ditto due at 4.30 after. The Bag for Tredegar and neighbourhood is made up at 5.8 morn. For Return,ISox (-loses at 2.0 after. On Sunday-One delivery, One despatch. nox closes at 2.46 after. COIN LETTERS. The.public are earnestly advised not to send coin, or other valu- ables, in letters without being registered. Letters observed to eon- tain coin, will be treated as registered letters, and charged with double registration fee. Apply for Money Orders on a slip of paper thus: "JE2, Cardiff, 1o John Jones, By James Price, Merthyr,"

LOCAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES.

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LOCAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES. NOTICE.—The Railway Time Tables are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible; but should they contain any errors, the Publisher does not hold himself responsible for any inconvenience that may raise therefrom, as changes sometime take place in the arrival and departure Af trains without the knowledge of the Editor.

-MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Si riss Times records the death, at Geneva, of iT. Chevalier, asjed 107 year?. This centenarian was known to all the Commune of the Plainpalais. The Oxford University sports are fixed to take place on March 7, S, and 9, and the Inter-University spprts will probably be held about March 22. Mr. Thomas, Clerk to the Stoke-on-Trent School Board, has been fined for refusing to allow Mr. Adams to inspect the School Board accounts. The clirectois of the Law Life Assurance Com- pany have received £ 7^,000, in part of £ 230,000, for which they have sold their Irish estates. Four of the conductors of the tramway cars miming in various quarters of London, have been fined by the magistrates in sums varying from 10s. to £3 for overcrowding their vehicles. The Irish Times foretells a parliamentary vacancy, namely, for Tralee, not that The O'Domxchue means to resign, but because he is said to have been offered the Governorship of Madras, which Earl Morley has declined. The Bishop of Rochester has inhibited the Rev. W. S. Helps, late curate of Brnintree, Essex, from preaching or officiating in his diocese. Mr. Helps announces his intention to preach in the diocese in "a free church of England, not under the Bishop's jurisdiction. ft1 is officially announced that her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold andPrinCess Beatrice, attended by the ladies and gentle- men of the Court, is, according to the most recent arrange- ments, expected to leave Osborne about the 20th iust. and return to Windsor Castle. The London and North-Western line have com- menced traffic over the District Railway. By this plan visitors from the provinces can proceel.1 direct from any station on the North-Western line via the Under- fround Railway to the Mansion-house Terminus, in the eart of the city. A new female training college, in connection with the British and Foreign School Society, has been opened at Darlington, it being found that the distance of London from the North of England has prevented many teachers from seeking admission to the training college at StockweII. The Home Secretary has conferred, the office of Solicitor-General of the County Palatine of Durham, vacant bv the elevation of Mr. Bussell, Q.C., to the Man- chester County Court, 11po.n Mr. Kay, <1. ( (If the Nor- them Circuit, one or the Judges of the Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford. It is not correct that a Government steam yacht will oe permanently stationed in Dover to convey members of the Royal Family or distinguished visitors to Royalty to and from the Continent. It was at one time proposed to do so, but the Black Eagle is so large that she cannot enter Calais harbour for an hour before or an hour after high water. The Scotsman says :—A new subordinate post has been created at the War Office in the shape of a- private secretaryship to the (lha.pbin.General to the Forces. The appointment has been given to Mr. Arthur Lidded, who already holds a clerkship at Pall Mall. This gentleman is the snn of the well-known rector of St-. Paul's, Knightslu-idge, the Hon. and Row Robert Liddell, The death is announced of Dr. George Edward Day, formerly professor of medicine and one of the examiners for medical degrees in the University of St, Andrew. The deceased gentleman was born at Tenlw in lSlOj was a graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a wrangler's degree in 1S37. In 18-13 Dr. Day settled in London, where he has held several public appointments. At the banquet given to the Marquis of Hertford by his Warwickshire tenantry on his coming to reside at Ragtey, his lordship referring to the lawsuit which has been carried on between Sir Richard Wallace and himself for the possession of the estates in Ireland, said that he had decided to offer tn his Irish tenantry a form of agree. ment which would leave them free from all restrictions as to cropping, and would enable them to sell their produce in the way that would pay them best. following new members of the House of Commons will take their seats ¡¡,t the opening of Parlia- ment;—Mr. Watney, for East Surrey Col. Hogg, for Truap; Mr. Isaac Butt, for the City of Limerick the Solieitor-General for Dover, on re-election Mr. Bates, for Plymouth while Sir John Coleridge and Mr. Dowse will take their seats as Attorney-Generals for England and Ireland. Sir Spencer Robinson, in a letter to the That's, corrects, an error made by that journal with reference to his proposals 'for Admiralty l'ef,)rm, and says :—" r never 'distinctly contemplated the discontinuance' of the office of Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty. The services of such an officer are of the utmost value, and indispen- sable for a proper conduct of the Admii-alty business, whe- ther administered by a Board, or dcpartmentally, which I should prefer. AN OFFICER ORDERED TO SELL.—Lieutenant Robins, 2nd Battalion GOth Rifles, has, we believe, been informed by a telegram from the Horse Guards, that he must either sell out or be removed from the Army. H avinff deflmed the alternative, he now awaits the sen- tence virtually cashiering him. The public are in complete ignorance of the nature of the offence for which this officer was arrested in June last.—Delhi G«~cttc. ACTLOX AGAINST A NEWSPAPER FOR LLRET.. — In the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury, Walter Edmund Pook brought an action for libel against Mrs. Hartnoll. the pro- priettess of the Kentish Mercurrt, for having published in that Journal certain letters, alleged to have been written bv Mr. Newton Crossland, commenting in what was ailecredto bean unfair manner on the plaintiff's trial at the Central Criminal Court, in connection with the Eltham murder case. After the jury had been sworn, a consulta- tion took place amongst the learned counsel engaged in the case, and the result was a consent to accept a verdict for the plaintiff for 40s., the Chief Baron certifying for costs. The defendant and the author of the letters under- took not to dispose of any more of them in the pamphlet form in which they were lately issued. EXTRAOKOTXARY CHAHOE OF ROBBERY.— Mary Pennell, 42, of 2, Dorset-cottages, Lower Park-road, Peckham. has been charged at the Lambeth Police Court with robbery under verv unusual circumstances. She had lived for many yearS-aa housekeeper to a gentleman named Tepper, for- merly a solicitor in Bedford-row, and a cousin of Turner, the painter. -Another cousin was Mr. Coham Turner, the prosecntor in the present case, whom Tepper had twice assured that he was an executor under his will. In December last Tepper died, and the prisoner, who had failed to bring this fact to the notice of the family, shortly afterwards caused to be removed from the house a chest containing plate and other property valued at several hundreds of pounds. Topper's office had heen ransacked, and the will, as well as foreign bonds for £ 4."200, were missing. The woman, who declared that she lived with Tepper as his wife, was nort' charged with stealing the plate, and was remanded without bail. MELAN< HOLY WIXDOW ACCIDENT IX LONDON". —An inquest has been held on the body of Ellen Morgan, the barmaid at the Salutation Tavern, Newgate-street. London, who, it was at first supposed, had committed suicide by jumping from the third-floor window. At the inquiry it appeared that she had been disappointed in seeing Toolove, her lover, and it was supposed that she got upon a table in front of the window and was looking into the street for him. when she overbalanced herself and fell out. On the table was found a letter which she had just written for Toolove. Tn it she stated—" I have just sat down to write a few lines, and I am having a good cry. I consider it very unkind of you for not coming to see me on Wednesday. The cause of your absence I cannot tell." The jury returned a verdict of accident death. THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.—The University of Dublin has been doing what it could to facilitate the adoption of the plan proposed by Professor Fawcett last year, and to be re-introdnced into the House of Commons early this session. One of the bodies empowered under that bill to send representatives to the governing body of the University was the Senate and the restricted character of this body was commented on in the debate last August. By a new set of regulations the present governing body have endeavoured to remove this difficulty as far as in it lies. All doctors and masters who have taken first-class at the A.B. Degree Examination are to be at once admitted to the Senate without any money pay- ment whilst a lump sum in-tead of an annual payment is fixed for all other masters and doctors who choose to join the Senate. THE SALMON FISHING SEASON. — Salmon-fishing has been opened in most of the fishery districts through- out the kingdom. The heavy floods of the last few weeks have enabled a large number of spring fish to reach the .upper waters, and it is expected the early rod-fishing this year will be unusually good. The water at present is somewhat too heavy for successful fishing, owing to which the return of captures in both the estuary and fresh-water districts will doubtless be rather poor until the rivers mode- rate. From Ireland the prospects of the coming season are encouraging. The rivers generally throughout that country are reported to have been stocked with an unusually large amount of breeding fish this season, while the run of spring salmon during the last few weeks is said in many districts to have been unprecedentedly numerous. The reports we have received from Scotland are of a like nature. The heavy water has been favourable for the up- ward run of fish, and there is every hope that the present Season will shew J1 great improvement on last year, which in most districts in Scotland was unsatisfactory. THB INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MATCH.—The great international football match between England and Scotland was played on Monday afternoon, at Ken- ningtoit Oval, there"being twenty picked men on each side. Miv F. Stokes (Blackheatli), was captain of the English team Mr. Moncreiff, of the Edinburgh Academi- cals, commanding the Scotch. There was a large assem- blage tl? witness the play, which was exceedingly good throughout. England won the kick off, their opponents having the choice of ends, and taking that, of coursfe, which was a little favoured by the wind. The Scotch won the first goal by a beautiful drop from Bad- four (Edinburgh Academicals). The second goal was kicked by Sheraood (Ravenscourt-park). Hamminly put the ball spfcmdidlv in the way. and the second goal for England Was made by Freeman with a left- handed, or rather left-footed kick, which called forth much applause. Besides, the England won two tries, the last only escaping the goal post by about a foot. The Scotch played very well, but were a trifle over- weighted in the scrimmages. The game was played according to the Rugby Union Rule*. As the Scotch won last year at Edinburgh, the English have now retrieved their laurels. The Western Mot "iit'i says a large number of substantial subscriptions were handed in for the benefit of the Exeter Cathedral Restoration Fund, after the meeting held in the Exeter 'idldhall on Saturday. AN INGENIOUS FRAUD.—The Empress Eug-Yiie has commissioned her secretary to expose^tlie doings of an individual who has falsely represented himself to belong to her household. He has addressed letters to persons in several parts of Europe stating that he was tntrusted by the Empress with a box tilled with jewels and notes, and concealed the treasure in Spain. Having been arrested in that country on political grounds, he requests that a certain sum of money may be forwarded to him in order that he may regain his liberty and recover the box, the contents of which he promises to share with Ins bene- factor.. The author of these letters, which are v.'liUvli <11 different lw^ua^w, •

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AN AMERICAN VIEW OF ENGLISH FEELING. The London correspondent of the New Yr/rk Tribune, writing on Jan. Gth, says Englishmen have been in much distress of mind since the publication of the Ameri- can case submitted to the Court of Arbitration at Geneva. They think we want too much. They are amazed to find that our grievance is not only senti- mental—they used to make great fun of us on that score —but exceedingly practical, and likely to foot up a very round sum in pounds sterling or gold dollars. They wonder at the length of our memory and the strength of out statement. But whatever Tory organs may think it wise to say, no man in his senses really wants to revive the old animosity between the two countries. We can afford to pass in silence the taunts of enemies who have found it expedient to put their expression of regret on record in a treaty. Nevertheless, it is easy to see breakers ahead, j There has been something like a misunderstanding in respect to the Treaty. It may be assumed that the Commis- sioners who framed it, and the two Governments who assented to it, knew tolerably well to what they bound themselves. Bnt a Treaty is one thing, and the popu. lar impression of it another. In America, perhaps, I shall not be far wrong in supposing the Treaty was popularly looked on as a surrender, by Great Britain, of nearly all the points she had heretofore contested. The decree of an Arbitration Court, and the applic.1,tion of fx post facto rules of international law to the acts of the British Government in reference to the rebel cruisers were looked upon as a roundabout way of confessing their guilt and providing for full reparation. The decision of the Geneva Court was regarded as a foregone conclusion. In England, on the other hand, it was considered that the American Government had abandoned Mr. Sumner's ground, and thrown overboard ad claims for remote and consequential damages by the Alabama as well as on account of the recognition by Great Britain of rebel belligerency. As the Court- of Arhitr.1,tion has adjourned for the present, there will he plenty of time on both sides to crJnsider the actual state of things in the lig-ht of the new attitudes which the two countries hold to each other. Nothing has yet happened to put the arbitration scheme in peril. The English do not believe they are really to be fined £200,000,000 sterling, or. as some of them put it, £400,000.000 or £;jOO,OOO,OOO. Neither do we expect any such award, though we expect a good deal more than England seems ready to give. The present explosion of ill-temper will, we may hope, pass off, as the explosion about Mr. Sumner's speech passed off. On our part, we need not be greatly surprised to find Sir Roundell Palmer's professional habits stronger than his political prudence. He always argued the Alabama case, in Par- liament and out of it, on technical grounds. He thinks he has a good case for the jury. A great many English- men think so. Mr. Gladstone no doubt thinks so. But the essential thing to us is what the arbitrators will think. So long as we have no reason to distrust their fairness, we can tolerate one more display of British feeling. We may be sorry for it. I was inclined to suppose the Treaty hall really mo(1itiell the extreme (li;1ike of everything American which a large class of Englishmen are so fond of expressing. But we can wait till they are in a better mood." The Tribute's comment on this letter I. as follows :— It was natural to expect that the British public, which dearly loves a good grumble, would roar savagely at the American statement of the Alabama case, as made up for the Geneva Court of Arbitration. Perhaps we shall hear milder language by and bye; but, meantime, it is curious to note the popular impression of the Treaty in England, as reported by our regular correspondent at London." The JYcw York Tiines briefly states that if the Ameri- can case is unjustifiable, the Arbitration Board of Geneva win "0 decide, awl expresses its astonishment at the passionate tone of the English press. The reopen- ing of the dispute by Great Britain, says the Times, would now create here a much warmer feeling than surprise. The World says :—" The -British and American inter- pretations of the Treaty widely ditfer; the American interpretation regarding indirect damages was not cer- tainly proclaimed or suspected in England when tho Treaty was ratified. The American case has. probably, been framed by the Administration to make party capital in view of the Presidential election. The Xcv: York Herald declares that the United States claim 110 more than the Court of Arbitration shall decide as their due, and will accept nothing less. Any evasion of the settlement of the difficulty by a tribunal which both nations have selected must result in a deplorable war. The damages awarded hy the Tribnnal of Geneva will be either paid, peaceably or collected at the point of the bayonet.

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At the Bradford Court, Edmund Brooke, formerly of the firm of Burton and Brooke, wool staplers, of that town, was charged with the forgery of an acceptance for £ 2,000. The prisoner asked for a remand, which was granted until Friday next. The death is announced of Miss Julia Trelawney Leigh Hunt, the surviving daughter of Leigh Hunt. The deceased lady hall for a long period heen suffering from a severe form of phthisis, and died at Hammersmith on Saturday last. Hy this death a pension of S7-~>, payable out of the ('ivil List, reverts to the Crown. The Standard is informed that in the course of a few days -probably on Saturday or Monday—the Prince and Princess of Wales will proceed to Osborne for the benefit of the Prince's health. The Royal party will rest at least one night at Windsor on the way down, and will not pass thron6h London at all. The action brought by Mr. John Ree, of Belfast, against Colonel Hillier, deputy-inspector-general of con- stabulary, for alleged assault and false imprisonment on the occasion nf the Derry celehr:1tion in December, 1370, was reopened at Dublin on Monday, Mr. Butt appearing for the plaintiff and Serjeant Armstrong for the defendant. The case was not concluded. The DcJ'j i JVei's understands that the Colonial Office has decided to appoint a Commission for the pur- pose of inquiring into the coolie labour system of the Mauritius. Mr. Frere, the gentleman who so ably pre- sided over the Demerara Commission, will, we believe, discharge a similar function in connection with the new inquiry. Mr. Darnell 1).1,vis has been appointed secre- tary. It is understood that the Commission will not leave England untilliext month. Mr. T. Fowler, the well-known engineer, writing from ('airo to the Times on the Channel Ferry schemes sets forth the advantages of his through" plan over any mere amelioration of existing arrangements. He says :— "I trl1st we may liw see an early realisation of a com. plete scheme of through communication, and that we shall not be deluded by the plausible but thoroughly unsound suggestions of improved Channel communication, in place of through Channel communication." A SCENE IN THE ROYAL OPERA HorSE, BERLIN. -La.t week the" Marriage of Figaro" was performed at the Royal Opera House, Berlin—Madame Lucca and :J ada-me}. fal1inger appearing in their respective roles. These ladies have long been rivals, and the matter has now come to a crisis. The battle of disapprobation and of applause increased in fierceness from act to act; and at last it became impossible to carry on the performance. Madame Lucca then stepped forward to the footlights and rated the public highly, while her rival, Madame Mallin- ger, sought relief in tears. Outside the opera house the disturbance was very great, and the Emperor, who was passing at the time. had to give orders to the police to clear the streets. Herr von Huelsen, the superintendent of the royal theatre, has since received the resignation of both ladies. A NEW YiEW OF THE ALABAMA QUESTION.—■ The JIeiiioricil iJiplnumtie/iic has an article of some length on the Alabama question. A great political cloud, it says, is rising over England and the United States, and the most serious consequences may ensue. After sum- marising the controversy, the Memorial says:—"On the question of right it is difficult to understand the objections which England is raising. The claims of the United States are not new to her. Since the first sitting of the mixed commission which framed the Washington Treaty, the American Commissioners set them forth in the most precise language, as the protocols of the deliberations of the Commission prove. Tho English plenipotentiaries raised no objection either as to the nature or the principle of these claims. She rejected them all on the same grounds, with- out distinction, and declared she would abide the de- cision of the arbitrators. We cannot see how she can now make reservations as to the nature of certain claims which have always been made, and as to the competence of the tribunal which she herself proposed should decide the questions submitted at her own request. The Memo- rial fears, however, that if the English Government allow itself to be influenced by the unforeseen popular agitation, the re-opening of the question will compromise the peace of the world. THE DIVORCE CorKT.—WILSON V. WILSON AXD H OWET.L. -On Tuesdaymoming, in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, judgment was given by Lord Penzance on an important point in tbe case of Wilson v. Wilson and Howell. The petitioner, George James Howell, is a partner in the Kinneil Iron- works at Linlithgow, the respondent, Mary Stuart Craigie Hallbete, having been a Miss Inglis. The alleged adultery took place at Crainond House, Linlithgow, the seat of the petitioner. On the petition being filed the co-respondent pleaded that the Court had no jurisdiction, and thereupon the petitioner said he was willing to pay the costs of the co-respondent, and have him dismissed from the suit. To that lie objected on the ground that he was entitled to defend himself from the charges brought against him. Mr. Inderwick, Mr. Searle, and Mr. Bayford appeared in the case, and in an elaborate judgment it was ordered that the co-respondent should be discharged from the suit upon the payment by the peti- tioner of all reasonable costs to which the co-respondent has been put, except the costs of opposing the present action. THE LIABILITY OF TRAMWAY COMPANIES.—The Pim. lico, Peckham, and Greenwich Tramway Company were the defendants in an action, in the Court of (Queen's Bench on Tuesday, for compensation for injuries sustained through their alleged negligence. It seemed that the plaintiff, who was a butcher, when returning from market with a cart filled with meat, ran into a pit which had been left by the Company in repairing the tramway. The axle of the cart being broken, both ho and his meat were precipitated into the road, the result being that he was severely shaken and bruised, and the meat greatly damaged, the horse being also much hurt. The defence set up was that the Company were not liable, inasmuch as they had not been guilty of negligence. It was alleged that a short time before the accident the Commissioners of Sewers had laid flown under the tramway some sewers, which, being near the surface of the road, caused a sub- sidence of the soil—a matter which the Tramway Company could not control, and could not possibly be made responsible for. The jury thought differently, how- ever, and awarded the plaintiff £2;) damages. A decision has been given at Edmonton Sessions OIl a charge of unlawful card playing at an hotel. A nominal fine of 10s. was inflicted in consideration of the previous high character of the house. THE BALANCE OF POWER TX EUROPE.—The Jfrrmori'tJ Pift!»ynttii'{m' has published an eloquent article on the present position of France; It declares that the real balance of European power cannot be re-established without France, and that the policy and civilisation of the future are inseparably connected with her destinies. The other Powws of Europe cannot get rid of her by mis- representation or by the display of hostility, for her vitality cannot be crushed. The temporary loss of one of the first rate Powers cannot fail to be appreciated, and the present abatement of France is an event deeply to bo regretted on account of iti deleterious 93, policy,